Improvement in corner-irons



H. L. KINGSLEY.

CORNER-IRDN.

Patenta& Feb. 22, 18 76.

INVENTR,

N.PETERS, FHOTO-LITHOGRAPH wAHNQToN D C UNITED STATES PATENT' OFFICE,

HORACE L. ,KINGSLEL OF RACENE, WISCONSD.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORNER-IRONS.

Specification form ng part of Letters Patent No. l73,968, dated February22, 1876; application filed January 8, 1876.

To alt whom it may concern Be it known that I, HORAGE L. KINGsLEY, ofRacine, in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin, have invented anew and Valuable Improvement in Corner-Irons; and I do hereby declarethat the following is afull, clear, and exact description of theconstrnction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to theletters and figures of reference marked ihereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a plan View of mycorner-iron, and Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional View of the same.`Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional View thereof, and Fig. 4 a sectioaldetail View.

My inrention relates to carriage or Vehicle bodies; and it consists inthe Construction of the corner-irons'fcr nniting the panels, as will behereinafter more fully set forth.

In the annexed drawing, A A represent the sills of the vehicle-body, B Bthe panels, and (J C't-he rails thereof. The sills A A are framed intoeach other, and the rails O are fastened, by screws, on the top edges ofthe panels B. The corners of the vehicle-body are connected by means ofdouble irons, each formed of an inner angle or corner iron, D, and anouter corner--iron,]) These irons are connected by means of horizontalplates or bars, D which are let into grooves or slotsin the ends of thepanels, so as to admit of the panels coming together and forming amiterjoint. The inside iron D extends above the panels, and has an arm,a, extending along each rail and fastened thereto by screws b. On thelower end of this inside iron D is formed a shank, d, which passes downthrough the joint of the sills A A, and fastened by a nut, e, un- 4'ploy'ed, and I therefore lay no claim to such in vention.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The metal corner, consisting of the inner.

and outer angle-irons D D connected together hy the horizontal plates Dforming nortises between t angle-irons and the inner angle iron I),being rovided with the screwshank d having a nut, e, in combination withthe tenoned pan B B, substantially as described, and for the purpose setforth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have herenntosubscribed my name inthe presence of two witnesses.

HORAGE L. KINGSLEY,

Witnesses:

JOHN W. KNIGHT, SIMEON WHITELEY.

